1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to veterans; providing for placement in the 
  1.3             capitol area of a statue commemorating Hmong veterans 
  1.4             of the campaign in Laos during the Vietnam War. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [STATUE COMMEMORATING HMONG VETERANS.] 
  1.7      Subject to approval by the capitol area architectural and 
  1.8   planning board, a statue may be placed in the court of honor or 
  1.9   at some other place in the capitol area to honor the Hmong 
  1.10  veterans of the war in Laos who were allied with American forces 
  1.11  during the Vietnam War.  The commissioner of veterans affairs 
  1.12  shall ensure placement of an appropriate statue as authorized by 
  1.13  this section and shall accept contributions from nonstate 
  1.14  sources of amounts necessary to pay for the statue and its 
  1.15  placement.